Where does “pammattikang ceraʼ” come from?

pammattikang ceraʼ (Makasar) comes from Makasar pammattikang, from Makasar attiʼ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ətik.

pammattikang ceraʼ (Makasar): the place where the blood of a woman giving birth drips can be a basin, a piece of cloth, or a sarong

Definitions

  1. the place where the blood of a woman giving birth drips can be a basin, a piece of cloth, or a sarong

Ancestry of “pammattikang ceraʼ”, step by step

pammattikang ceraʼ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Makasar pammattikang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarpammattikangto drip for or because of someone or something
2Makasarattiʼa drop
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*ətik—

via Makasar ceraʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarceraʼblood
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ətik →Every word from Makasar attiʼ →Every word from Makasar pammattikang →